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CALIFORNIA. 


N  ACT  TO  COMPEL  RAILROAD  CORPORATIONS  OR  INDIVIDUALS  OWNING 
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Approved  April  15,  1880.  Chapter  LVIII,  Statutes  of  California. 


AN  ACT  TO  ORGANIZE  AND  DEFINE  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  RAIL¬ 
ROAD  COMMISSIONERS. 


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STATE  OFFICE  :  :  :  J.  D.  YOUNG,  SUPT.  STATE  PRINTING. 

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ARTICLE  XII,  SECS.  17  TO  22,  INCLUSIVE,  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  STATE  OF 

CALIFORNIA. 


AN  ACT  TO  COMPEL  RAILROAD  CORPORATIONS  OR  INDIVIDUALS  OWNING 

RAILROADS  TO  OPERATE  THEIR  ROADS. 

Approved  April  15,  1880.  Chapter  LVIII  Statutes  of  California. 


AN  ACT  TO  ORGANIZE  AND  DEFINE  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  RAIL¬ 
ROAD  COMMISSIONERS. 

Approved  April  15,  1880.  Chapter  LIX,  Statutes  of  California. 

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SACRAMENTO: 

STATE  OFFICE  :  :  :  J.  D.  YOUNG,  SUPT.  STATE  PRINTING. 

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MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOARD 


J.  S.  CONE,  First  District _ _ _ _ Red  Bluff,  Tehama  County. 

C.  J.  BEERSTECHER,  Second  District _ _ San  Francisco. 

Gen.  GEO.  STOREMAN,  ThirdD  istrict _ San  Gabriel,  Los  Angeles  County. 


W.  R.  ANDRUS _ Secretary. 

F.  V.  STEINMANN  _ _ Bailiff. 

E.  A.  GIRVIN _ Stenographer. 


Office  of  the  Roard  of  Railroad  Commissioners: 


No.  320  Sansome  Street 


San  Francisco. 


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ACTS  RELATING  TO  POWERS  AND  DUTIES 


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BOARD  OF  RAILWAY  COMMISSIONERS. 


[From  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  California.] 

ARTICLE  XII. 


CORPORATIONS. 


Section  17.  All  railroad,  canal,  and  other  transportation  com¬ 
panies  are  declared  to  be  common  carriers,  and  subject  to  legislative 
control.  Any  association  or  corporation,  organized  for  the  purpose, 
under  the  laws  of  this  State,  shall  have  the  right  to  connect  at  the 
State  line  with  railroads  of  other  States.  Every  railroad  company 
shall  have  the  right  with  its  road  to  intersect,  connect  with,  or  cross 
any  other  railroad,  and  shall  receive  and  transport  each  the  other’s 
passengers,  tonnage,  and  cars,  without  delay  or  discrimination. 

Sec.  18.  No  president,  director,  officer,  agent,  or  employe  of  any 
railroad  or  canal  company  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly, 
in  the  furnishing  of  material  or  supplies  to  such  company,  nor  in 
the  business  of  transportation  as  a  common  carrier  of  freight  or  pas¬ 
sengers  over  the  works  owned,  leased,  controlled,  or  worked  by  such 
company,  except  such  interest  in  the  business  of  transportation  as 
lawfully  flows  from  the  ownership  of  stock  therein. 

Sec.  19.  No  railroad  or  other  transportation  company  shall  grant 
free  passes,  or  passes  or  tickets  at  a  discount,  to  any  person  holding 
any  office  of  honor,  trust,  or  profit  in  this  State;  and  the  acceptance 
of  any  such  pass  or  ticket,  by  a  member  of  the.  Legislature  or  any 
public  officer,  other  than  Railroad  Commissioner,  shall  work  a  for¬ 
feiture  of  his  office. 

Sec.  20.  No  railroad  company  or  other  common  carrier  shall  com¬ 
bine  or  make  any  contract  with  the  owners  of  any  vessel  that  leaves 
port  or  makes  port  in  this  State,  or  with  any  common  carrier,  by 
which  combination  or  contract  the  earnings  of  one  doing  the  carry¬ 
ing  are  to  be  shared  by  the  other  not  doing  the  carrying.  And  when¬ 
ever  a  railroad  corporation  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  competing  with 
any  other  common  carrier,  lower  its  rates  for  transportation  of  pas¬ 
sengers  or  freight  from  one  point  to  another,  such  reduced  rates  shall 
not  be  again  raised  or  increased  from  such  standard  without  the  con¬ 
sent  of  the  governmental  authority  in  which  shall  be  vested  the 
power  to  regulate  fares  and  freights. 

Sec.  21.  No  discrimination  in  charges  or  facilities  for  transporta¬ 
tion  shall  be  made  by  any  railroad  or  other  transportation  company 
between  places  or  persons,  or  in  the  facilities  for  the  transportation 
of  the  same  classes  of  freight  or  passengers  within  this  State,  or  com¬ 
ing  from  or  going  to  any  other  State.  Persons  and  property  trans¬ 
ported  over  any  railroad,  or  by  any  other  transportation  company  oV 
individual,  shall  be  delivered  at  any  station,  landing,  or  port,  at 
charges  not  exceeding  the  charges  for  the  transportation  of  persons 
and  property  of  the  same  class,  in  the  same  direction,  to  any  more 


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distant  station,  port,  or  landing.  Excursion  and  commutation  tickets 
may  be  issued  at  special  rates. 

Sec.  22.  The  State  shall  be  divided  into  three  districts  as  nearly 
equal  in  population  as  practicable,  in  each  of  which  one  Railroad 
Commissioner  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  electors  thereof  at  the 
regular  gubernatorial  elections,  whose  salary  shall  be  fixed  by  law, 
and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  four  years,  commencing  on  the  first 
Monday  after  the  first  day  of  January  next  succeeding  their  election. 
Said  Commissioners  shall  be  qualified  electors  of  this  State  and  of  the 
district  from  which  they  are  elected,  and  shall  not  be  interested  in 
any  railroad  corporation,  or  other  transportation  company,  as  stock¬ 
holder,  creditor,  agent,  attorney,  or  employe ;  and  the  act  of  a  majority 
of  said  Commissioners  shall  be  deemed  the  act  of  said  Commission. 
Said  Commissioners  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty, 
to  establish  rates  of  charges  for  the  transportation  of  passengers  and 
freight  by  railroad  or  other  transportation  companies,  and  publish 
the  same  from  time  to  time,  with  such  changes  as  they  may  make; 
to  examine  the  books,  records,  and  papers  of  all  railroad  and  other 
transportation  companies,  and  for  this  purpose  they  shall  have  power 
to  issue  subpoenas  and  all  other  necessary  process;  to  hear  and  deter¬ 
mine  complaints  against  railroad  and  other  transportation  companies, 
to  send  for  persons  and  papers,  to  administer  oaths,  take  testimony, 
and  punish  for  contempt  of  their  orders  and  processes,  in  the  same 
manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  Courts  of  record,  and  enforce  their 
decisions  and  correct  abuses  through  the  medium  of  the  Courts.  Said 
Commissioners  shall  prescribe  a  uniform  system  of  accounts  to  be 
kept  by  all  such  corporations  and  companies.  Any  railroad  corpo¬ 
ration  or  transportation  company  which  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  con¬ 
form  to  such  rates  as  shall  be  established  by  such  Commissioners,  or 
shall  charge  rates  in  excess  thereof,  or  shall  fail  to  keep  their  accounts 
in  accordance  with  the  system  prescribed  by  the  Commission,  shall 
be  fined  not  exceeding  twenty  thousand  dollars  for  each  offense ;  and 
every  officer,  agent,  or  employe  of  any  such  corporation  or  company, 
who  shall  demand  or  receive  rates  in  excess  thereof,  or  who  shall  in 
any  manner  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  not 
exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail 
not  exceeding  one  year.  In  all  controversies,  civil  or  criminal,  the 
rates  of  fares  and  freights  established  by  said  Commission  shall  be 
deemed  conclusively  just  and  reasonable,  and  in  any  action  against 
such  corporation  or  company  for  damages  sustained  by  charging 
excessive  rates,  the  plaintiff,  in  addition  to  the  actual  damage,  may, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Judge  or  jury,  recover  exemplary  damages. 
Said  Commission  shall- report  to  the  Governor,  annually,  their  pro¬ 
ceedings,  and  such  other  facts  as  may  be  deemed  important.  Nothing 
in  this  section  shall  prevent  individuals  from  maintaining  actions 
against  any  of  such  companies.  The  Legislature  may,  in  addition  to 
any  penalties  herein  prescribed,  enforce  this  article  by  forfeiture  of 
charter  or  otherwise,  and  may  confer  such  further  powers  on  the 
Commissioners  as  shall  be  necessary  to  enable  them  to  perform  the 
duties  enjoined  on  them  in  this  and  the  foregoing  section.  The  Leg¬ 
islature  shall  have  power,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members 
elected  to  each  house,  to  remove  any  one  or  more  of  said  Commis¬ 
sioners  from  office,  for  dereliction  of  duty,  or  corruption,  or  incom¬ 
petency;  and  whenever,  from  any  cause,  a  vacancy  in  office  shall 
occur  in  said  Commission,  the  Governor  shall  fill  the  same  by  the 


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appointment  of  a  qualified  person  thereto,  who  shall  hold  office  for 
the  residue  of  the  unexpired  term,  and  until  his  successor  shall  have 
been  elected  and  qualified. 


[From  Statutes  of  California — 1880.] 

CHAPTER  LVII. 

An  Act  to  compel  railroad  corporations ,  or  individuals  oivning  railroads , 

to  operate  their  roads. 

[Approved  April  15th,  1880.] 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California ,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assem¬ 
bly,  do  enact  as  follows : 

Section  1.  From  and  after  the  completion  of  any  railroad,  or  the 
completion  of  such  portion  thereof  capable  of  being  operated,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  corporation,  or  individual  owning  the  same,  to 
operate  it;  and  upon  the  failure  of  said  corporation  or  individual  so 
owning  said  road  to  keep  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  full  opera¬ 
tion  for  the  period  of  six  months,  its  or  his  right  to  operate  the  same 
in  whole  or  in  part,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  forfeited;  and  the 
lands  occupied  for  the  purposes  of  its  or  his  road,  so  far  as  the  same 
shall  not  be  operated,  shall  revert  to  the  original  owners,  or  their 
successors  in  interest.  A  railroad  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  full  oper¬ 
ation  when  one  passenger  train,  or  one  mixed  train,  is  run  over  it 
once  each  day  in  each  direction,  and  a  sufficient  number  of  freight 
trains  to  accommodate  the  traffic  on  said  road. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  a  case  where 
the  operation  of  the  road  is  prevented  by  the  act  of  God,  nor  to  a 
case  where  the  operation  of  said  road,  together  with  its  branch  or 
trunk  lines,  does  not  yield  income  sufficient  to  defray  the  expenses 
of  maintaining  and  operating  the  same  in  connection  with  its  said 
branch  or  trunk  lines. 

Sec.  3.  The  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the  State  of  California 
shall  have  the  power  to  examine  and  determine  the  question  whether 
said  road,  together  with  its  said  brancli  and  trunk  lines,  does  or  does 
not  yield  income  sufficient  to  operate  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


CHAPTER  LIX. 

An  Act  to  organize  and  define  the  poivers  of  the  Board  of  Railroad 

Commissioners. 

[Approved  April  15th,  18S0.] 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California ,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assem¬ 
bly,  do  enact  as  follows : 

Section  1,  The  three  persons  elected  Railroad  Commissioners, 
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  twenty-two,  of  article  twelve, 
of  the  Constitution  of  this  State,  constitute,  and  shall  be  known  and 
designated  as  the  “Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the  State  of 


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California.”  They  shall  have  power  to  elect  one  of  their  number 
President  of  said  Board,  to  appoint  a  Secretary,  to  appoint  a  Bailiff, 
who  shall  perform  the  duties  of  Janitor;  also  to  employ  a  Stenog¬ 
rapher,  whenever  they  may  deem  it  expedient. 

Sec.  2.  The  salary  of  each  Commissioner  shall  be  four  thousand 
dollars  per  annum;  the  salary  of  the  Secretary  shall  be  .twenty-four 
hundred  dollars  per  annum;  the  salary  of  the  Bailiff  shall  be  twelve 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  such  salaries  to  be  paid  by  the  State  of 
California  in  the  same  manner  as  the  salaries  of  State  officers  are 
paid.  The  Stenographer  shall  receive  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
his  services,  the  amount  to  be  fixed  by  the  State  Board  of  Examiners, 
and  paid  by  the  State.  Said  Commissioners,  and  the  persons  in  their 
official  employment  when  traveling  in  the  performance  of  their  offi¬ 
cial  duties,  shall  have  their  traveling  expenses  other  than  transpor¬ 
tation  paid,  the  amounts  to  be  passed  on  by  the  State  Board  of 
Examiners,  and  paid  by  the  State.  Said  Board  of  Railroad  Com¬ 
missioners  shall  be  allowed  one  hundred  dollars  per  month  for  office 
rent,  and  fifty  dollars  per  month  for  fuel,  lights,  postage,  expressage, 
subscriptions  to  publications  upon  the  subject  of  transportation,  and 
other  incidental  expenses,  to  be  paid  by  the  State;  provided ,  that  all 
moneys  remaining  unexpended  at  the  expiration  of  each  fiscal  year 
shall  be  returned  to  the  State  treasury.  Said  Board  is  further  author¬ 
ized  to  expend  not  to  exceed  four  hundred  dollars  for  office  furniture 
and  fixtures,  to  be  paid  by  the  State.  The  State  shall  furnish  said 
Board  with  all  necessary  stationery  and  printing,  upon  requisitions 
signed  by  the  President  of  said  Board. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Commissioners,  and  the  persons  in  their  official 
employment,  shall,  when  in  the  performance  of  their  official  duties, 
have  the  right  to  pass  free  of  charge  on  all  railroads,  steamers,  ships, 
vessels,  and  boats,  and  on  all  vehicles  employed  in  or  by  any  railroad 
or  other  transportation  company  engaged  in  the  transportation  of 
freight  and  passengers  within  this  State. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney-General,  and  the 
District  Attorney  in  every  county,  on  request  of  said  Board,  to  insti¬ 
tute  and  prosecute,  and  to  appear  and  to  defend,  for  said  Board,  in 
any  and  all  suits  and  proceedings  which  they  or  either  of  them  shall 
be  requested  by  said  Board  to  institute  and  prosecute,  and  to  appear 
in  all  suits  and  proceedings  to  which  the  Board  is  a  party,  shall  have 
precedence  over  all  other  business  except  criminal  business ;  provided , 
that  said  Board  shall  have  the  power  to  employ  additional  counsel 
to  assist  said  Attorney-General,  or  said  District  Attorney,  or  other¬ 
wise,  when  in  their  judgment  the  exigencies  of  the  case  may  so  require. 
The  fees  and  expense  of  said  additional  counsel  to  be  determined  by 
the  State  Board  of  Examiners,  and  paid  by  the  State. 

Sec.  5.  The  office  of  said  Board  shall  be  in  the  City  of  San  Fran¬ 
cisco.  Said  office  shall  always  be  open  (legal  holidays  and  non- 
judicial  days  excepted).  The  Board  shall  hold  it’s  sessions  at  least 
once  a  month  in  said  City  of  San  Francisco,  and  at  such  other  times 
and  such  other  places  within  this  State  as  may  be  expedient.  The 
sessions  of  said  Board  shall  be  public,  and  when  held  at  a  place  other 
than  the  office  in  the  City  of  San  Francisco,  notice  thereof  shall 
be  published  once  a  vTeek  for  two  successive  weeks  before  the  com¬ 
mencement  of  such  session,  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  county 
where  such  session  is  to  be  held;  and  if  no  newspaper  is  published 
in  such  county,  then  in  a  newspaper  published  in  an  adjacent  county. 


Such  publication  to  be  paid  by  the  State  in  the  manner  as  other 
publications  authorized  by  law  are  paid. 

Sec.  6.  The  Board  shall  have  a  seal,  to  be  devised  by  its  members, 
or  a  majority  thereof.  Such  seal  shall  have  the  following  inscrip¬ 
tion  surrounding  it :  “Railroad  Commission,  State  of  California.” 
The  seal  shall  be  affixed  only  to,  first,  writs;  second,  authentications 
of  a  copy  of  a  record  or  other  proceeding,  or  copy  of  a  document  on 
file  in  the  office  of  said  Commission. 

Sec.  7.  The  process  issued  by  said  Board  shall  extend  to  all  parts 
of  the  State.  The  Board  shall  have  power  to  issue  writs  of  sum¬ 
mons  and  of  subpoena  in  like  manner  as  Courts  of  record.  The 
summons  shall  direct  the  defendant  to  appear  and  answer  within 
fifteen  days  from  the  day  of  service.  The  necessary  process  issued 
by  the  Board  may  be  served  in  any  county  in  this  State  by  the  Bail¬ 
iff  of  the  Board,  or  by  any  person  authorized  to  serve  process  of 
Courts  of  record. 

Sec.  8.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall  issue  all  process  and 
notices  required  to  be  issued,  and  do  and  perform  such  other  duties 
as  the  Board  may  prescribe.  The  Bailiff  shall  preserve  order  during 
the  sessions  of  said  Board,  and  shall  have  authority  to  make  arrests 
for  disturbances.  He  shall  also  have  authority,  and  it  shall  be  his 
duty,  to  serve  all  process,  orders,  and  notices  issued  by  said  Board 
when  directed  by  the  President,  and  make  return  of  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  All  complaints  before  said  Board  shall  be  in  writing  and 
under  oath.  All  decisions  of  said  Board  shall  be  given  in  writing, 
and  the  grounds  of  the  decisions  shall  be  stated.  A  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  said  Board  shall  be  kept,  and  the  evidence  of  persons 
appearing  before  said  Board  shall  be  preserved. 

Sec.  10.  Whenever  the  Board  shall  render  any  decision  within 
the  purview  and  pursuant  to  the  authority  vested  in  said  Board  by 
section  twenty-two,  of  article  twelve,  of  the  Constitution,  said  Board, 
or  the  person,  copartnership,  company,  or  corporation  making  the 
complaint  upon  which  such  decision  was  rendered,  is  authorized  to 
sue  upon  such  decision  in  any  Court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in  this 
State. 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  said  Board,  in  the  discharge  of  its  duties,  shall 
establish  or  adopt  rates  of  charges  for  the  transportation  of  passengers 
and  freight,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution,  said  Board 
shall  serve  a  printed  schedule  of  such  rates,  and  of  any  changes  that 
may  be  made  in  such  rates,  upon  the  person,  copartnership,  com¬ 
pany,  or  corporation  affected  thereby;  and  upon  such  service,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  such  person,  copartnership,  company,  or  corporation 
to  immediately  capse  copies  of  the  same  to  be  posted  in  all  its  offices, 
station  houses,  warehouses,  and  landing  offices  affected  by  such  rates, 
or  change  of  rates,  in  such  manner  as  to  be  accessible  to  public 
inspection  during  usual  business  hours.  Said  Board  shall  also  make 
such  further  publication  thereof  as  they  shall  deem  proper  and  nec¬ 
essary  for  the  public  good.  If  the  party  to  be  served,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  be  a  corporation,  such  service  maybe  made  upon  the  Pres¬ 
ident,  Vice-President,  Secretary,  or  managing  agent  thereof,  and  if  a 
copartnership,  upon  any  partner  thereof.  The  rates  of  charges  estab¬ 
lished  or  adopted  by  said  Board,  pursuant  to  the  Constitution  and 
this  _  Act,  shall  go  into  force  and  effect  on  tlie  twentieth  day  after 
service  of  said  schedule  of  rates,  or  changes  in  rates,  upon  the  person, 


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copartnership,  company,  or  corporation  affected  thereby,  as  herein¬ 
before  provided. 

Sec.  12.  When  jurisdiction  is,  by  tire  Constitution,  conferred  on 
the  Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners,  all  the  means  necessary  to 
carry  it  into  effect  are  also  conferred  on  said  Board,  and  when  in  the 
exercise  of  jurisdiction  within  the  purview  of  the  authority  confer¬ 
red  on  said  Board  by  the  Constitution,  the  course  of  proceeding  be 
not  specifically  pointed  out,  any  suitable  process  or  mode  of  proceed¬ 
ing  may  be  adopted  by  the  Board  which  may  appear  most  conform¬ 
able  to  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution. 

Sec.  13.  The  said  Board  shall,  immediately  after  entering  upon 
the  performance  of  its  duties,  demand  and  receive  from  the  Trans¬ 
portation  Commissioner,  appointed  under  an  Act  approved  April 
first,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  section  nine,  chapter  one, 
all  public  property  belonging  to  the  office  of  said  Transportation 
Commissioner,  in  his  possession,  or  under  his  control,  and  it  is  here¬ 
by  made  his  duty  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  said  Board. 

Sec.  14.  The  term  “ transportation  companies”  shall  be  deemed 
to  mean  and  include: 

First — All  companies  owning  and  operating  railroads  (other  than 
street  railroads)  within  this  State. 

Second — All  companies  owning  and  operating  steamships  engaged 
in  the  transportation  of  freight  or  passengers  from  and  to  ports 
within  this  State. 

Third — All  companies  owning  and  operating  steamboats  used  in 
transporting  freight  or  passengers  upon  the  rivers  or  inland  waters 
of  this  State. 

The  word  “company,”  as  used  in  this  Act,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean 
and  include  corporations,  associations,  partnerships,  trustees,  agents, 
assignees,  and  individuals.  Whenever  any  railroad  company  owns 
and  operates,  in  connection  with  its  road  and  for  the  purpose  of  trans¬ 
porting  its  cars,  freight,  or  passengers,  any  steamer  or  other  water 
craft,  such  steamer  or  other  water  craft  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of  its 
said  road.  Whenever  any  steamship  or  steamboat  company  owns 
and  operates  any  barge,  canal  boat,  steamer,  tug,  ferryboat,  or 
lighter,  in  connection  with  its  ships  or  boats,  the  things  so  owned 
and  operated  shall  be  deemed  to  be  part  of  its  main  line. 

Sec.  15.  The  salaries  of  the  Commissioners,  Secretary.  Bailiff*, 
and  all  other  officers  and  attaches  in  any  manner  employed  by 
the  Board  of  Commissioners,  and  all  expenses  of  every  kind  created 
under  this  Act,  shall  be  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  General  Fund 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  and  the  Controller  of  State  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  draw  his  warrants  from  time  to  time  for 
such  purposes,  and  the  State  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  pay  the  same. 

Sec.  1§.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


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